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Death Goes to School (1953)

Death Goes to School poster
Directed by
Stephen Clarkson
Genre
mystery film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 04m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A murder occurs at a girls' boarding school. A detective questions the staff and students to find the killer among them.

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What happens

Death Goes to School (also known as One is Guilty) is a 1953 British second feature ('B') mystery film directed by Stephen Clarkson and starring Barbara Murray, Gordon Jackson and Pamela Alan. It was written by Maisie Sharman and Clarkson based on the 1952 novel Death in Seven Hours by Stratford Davis, and was made at Merton Park Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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